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EXPLAINER: Europe struggles with crisis as Russia cuts gas

FILE - Smoke rises from the nuclear power plant of Nerckarwestheim in Neckarwestheim, Germany, on Aug. 22, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - Wagons wait beside oil tanks in Wesseling, near Cologne, Germany, on April 6, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - A customer pays for fish at the Maravillas market in Madrid, on May 12, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) FILE - The river Rhine is pictured with low water in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 10, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leaves after delivering her speech at the European Parliament during the presentation of the program of activities of the Czech Republic's EU presidency, on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE - A pro-nuclear activist demonstrates outside the European Parliament, on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE - Smoke rises from the nuclear power plant of Nerckarwestheim in Neckarwestheim, Germany, on Aug. 22, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - A view of the business tower Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 27, 2022. Europe is staring an energy crisis in the face. The cause: Russia throttling back supplies of natural gas. European officials say it's a pressure game over their support for Ukraine after Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)